diff --git a/src/coccigrep.py b/src/coccigrep.py
index 52e60b2..6da7a25 100644
--- a/src/coccigrep.py
+++ b/src/coccigrep.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import re
 import sys
 
-COCCIGREP_VERSION = "1.20"
+COCCIGREP_VERSION = "1.21"
 
 have_multiprocessing = True
 try: